Not a real #FASoS town hall meeting --- but still a topic related to real-world challenges in Dutch #highereducation: Students of our BA #DigitalSociety at Maastricht University presented an academic role-play on cryptocurrency donations as a means to back up university finances this morning and also created an invitation poster that participants could use to take notes.
The map shows very clearly the scale of the industry of universities. Yes Walmart is massive but the amount of states/area covered by universities as lead employer is vast. When we think about edtech, and now AI apps sold as standard process for 'digital transformation', we can visualise the billions of dollars generated by this sales pitch. It just prints mountains of money.
LIBERA is an Italian network of Civil Society Organizations committed to fighting corruption and mafias to promote social justice and democracy.
In #RESPOND, LIBERA promotes empowerment actions integrity, ethics and anti-corruption using its expertise and wide network as well as assessments of its own educational program.
More Info https://www.eu-respond.eu/partner
Proud to have the Anti-Corruption Research and Education Center (ACREC) in the #RESPOND team! .
#ACREC is the Ukraine’s first dedicated anti-corruption center, combines hands-on research with innovative training programs to tackle corruption at its roots. Through organizing consortium meetings and connecting with a diverse group of stakeholders, ACREC strengthens RESPOND’s mission.
These findings on gender discrimination in advertising algorithms are definitely of interest to my #DigitalSociety students as well as job seekers using #Facebook...
In the #RESPOND project, Bulgaria’s Institute for Global Analytics (IGA) plays a crucial role in supporting democracy and transparency across Central and Eastern Europe. As an independent NGO, IGA combines research and advocacy, focusing on legal and regulatory assessments that shape governance, and analyzing the impact of foreign influence and disinformation.
Learn more: https://www.eu-respond.eu/partner/!
Spotlight on our partner!
Meet CNRS, a world’s leading research institutions, bringing its expertise to advance theoretical frameworks on political corruption and developing a dynamic open data repository transparency. CNRS plays a leading role in developing theoretical insights into political corruption and its societal impacts.
More info https://www.eu-respond.eu/partner/
Spotlight on our partner!
Welcome to Sciences Po, a #RESPOND partner and a top global institution in political studies. With expertise in political corruption and media economics, Sciences Po focuses on detecting corruption risks in legislative bodies and public spending. It also examines “media capture”, studying how corrupt actors influence the media to manipulate public opinion.
Central European University (CEU), a dual-accredited institution in the U.S. and Austria, is known for its data-driven work on government integrity and anti-corruption. In #respond CEU builds critical datasets on corruption in parliaments, public spending, and elections, using text mining and machine learning to trace favoritism and collusion.
The ever increasing pace at which we decide to
a) go dark in the tech stratosphere
b) have an alter-ego in it
c) join the cyber revolution in one or other of those capacities
All will be eaten by nanobot-liberalism. What you do will define you.
#digitalsociety
#Datasociety
#CyberRevolution
#ai
#academia
#academicchatter
https://gizmodo.com/encyclopedia-britannica-is-now-an-ai-company-2000542600
The ever increasing pace at which we decide to
a) go dark in the tech stratosphere
b) have an alter-ego in it
c) join the cyber revolution in one or other of those capacities
All will be eaten by nanobot-liberalism. What you do will define you.
#digitalsociety #datasociety #cyberrevolution #AI
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nqv23cjesrasi2bpvyxm4kyy/post/3le6gyjzbks2x
The digital world we helped create. Words like *Versailles* come to mind. You know what happened next in that history.
Everybody should listen to Yuval Noah Harari in this interview (and others) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWXRfwUeKP4&t=161s #opensociety #digitalsociety #democracy
Community Workshop - Git for Newbies
You want to avoid naming your documents with "_v2.py" and "_final.pdf"? Then join this workshop on version control and collaborative coding with Git!
with Zoé Wolter
Register here: https://www.correlaid.org/veranstaltungen/community-workshop-git-3/ Or check our calendar for further events: https://www.correlaid.org/veranstaltungen/?viewType=list
Dec 3rd, 2024
18:00 - 19:00
Online
CorrelCompact - Mission Datenqualität - vom Rohmaterial zum Datengold
Oder auch: Finde heraus, worauf es ankommt, wenn du einen Datenschatz haben möchtest!
mit Antje Relitz
mehr Infos: https://www.correlaid.org/veranstaltungen/correlcompact-datenqualit%C3%A4t/
Jetzt anmelden: https://ee.correlaid.org/single/pgXm6JfT?return_url=https://www.correlaid.org
Earlier this year, we launched our fellowship scheme, inviting applicants to deliver proposals for research activities exploring what a good digital society looks like and how we get there.
We are delighted to have appointed our fellows. They will undertake their 3 to 6 months #fellowships in 2025 or 2026, working with a Digital Good Network-linked institution in the UK or US.
Meet our seven successful fellows at: https://digitalgood.net/meet-our-fellows
Britta ist Absolventin des ersten Jahrgangs von Daten verstehen und nutzen. 
Sie erzählt uns, was sie im Data Literacy Kurs gelernt hat und wie sie das für ihre Arbeit beim Deutschen Evangelischen Kirchentag nutzen kann. 
Interessiert? Auf unserer Homepage findest du alle Infos zu unserem Data Literacy Kurs: https://www.correlaid.org/bildung/grundkurs-daten/
2nd part of our story about data ethics - The year of 2026 Part 2: “Contribute to the Citizen Sentiment Index” https://interaqtive.com/en/blog/year-of-2026-the-citizen-sentiment-index #dataethics #ethics #sentiment #digitalage #digitalsociety
Community Workshop - Pattern Matching
Pattern Matching and Natural Language Processing sound like theoretical concepts to you? Then join this practical introduction to spacy!
with Friederike Bauer
CorrelCompact - So lügt man mit Statistik
Oder auch: Wie finden wir heraus, dass eine Statistik uns hinters Licht führen soll?
mit Emma Morlock und Zoé Wolter
Jetzt anmelden: https://www.correlaid.org/veranstaltungen/correlcompact-statistik Oder schau in unserem Kalender nach weiteren Veranstaltungen: https://www.correlaid.org/veranstaltungen/
08 October 2024 11:30 - 12:15 Online
